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04/12/2024

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❌AT CHRISTMAS YOUR DOG DOESN’T HAVE TO:

🧑‍🎄 Visit Santa at the garden centre

🎄 Be around your visitors

🎅🏽 Go to other peoples houses

🎄 Go to see the Christmas lights switch on

🍺 Go to the busy pub on Christmas Eve

If they are anxious or get worried about people, dogs or busy places or if they just don’t like doing these things. It’s not a fault if they don’t like doing these things, many dogs don’t enjoy ‘human activities’ like this (some do, I have one that loves all of it and two that would be 🫤 ).

✅ Instead they may prefer to:

🚪 Be in their safe space (see upcoming post on this), a quiet room they like being in with a dog gate on the doorway when you have a house full of people who may scare them

🐕 Have an extra trip to a freedom field on Christmas morning and some extra enrichment at home while you go and visit family for a few hours if they’d find it stressful to come with you

🐶 A meet up with a dog or human friend at a place they like rather than a trip to the heaving pub on Christmas Eve

🦴 A trip to a dog enrichment centre or a 121 in an activity they love (scent work, mantrailing etc) rather than an outing to see the Christmas lights switched on

🍖 Some dog safe Christmas biscuits you’ve made them rather than dressing up in a dog Santa outfit

Loads of these Christmas ‘traditions’ that we enjoy are not enjoyed by our dogs, especially if they are anxious or more sensitive. Even the most robust dog may tolerate these activities rather than love them.

Please be mindful of your dogs wants and needs and don’t put them into situations they find stressful just because we want them to be part of Christmas. It’s your Christmas, not your dogs, they really won’t mind not being included in everything you do ❤️

Laura McAuliffe Dog Communication 2024

14/09/2024

Well said Zac George 👍 Electric collars cause distress and therefore should not be considered as a training tool. There's no place for it in modern dog training🐾❤️

Public Letter to Ivan Balabanov

Dear Mr. Balabanov,

I am writing on behalf of many in the modern dog training community to address serious concerns regarding your participation and professional conduct in the study titled “Comparison of the Efficacy and Welfare of Different Training Methods in Stopping Chasing Behavior in Dogs.”

The study revealed that 100% of the dogs in the shock collar group yelped in pain when shocked. The study notes, “We did not observe negative welfare impacts in the dogs trained with e-collars beyond presumably pain-induced yelps in immediate response to the electric shocks.” This confirms immediate distress caused by the shocks with 8 dogs in your custody.

Even more troubling is that 25% of the dogs in the shock collar group were removed because they exceeded the 20 shocks allowed, yet those attempts still failed to suppress their chasing behavior.

The details of the study indicate not only the infliction of pain but also ineffectiveness in a significant number of cases - even under controlled conditions led by “experts” like yourself. And somehow it was the two dogs who were shocked more than 20x in a session who were disqualified, and not the trainers who continued to shock the dogs until they reached the 20x threshold.

Your involvement in both shock collar training and the so-called “positive reinforcement” training groups in the study further raises concerns especially since the methods presented for positive reinforcement were not representative of established, humane training practices.

A modern approach involves marking a desirable behavior and reinforcing it consistently across different contexts, not merely “calling” a dog back with food.

The study's design misleads the public into believing positive reinforcement is ineffective by setting it up to fail without proper proofing and controlled settings. As a figure in the aversive training community, your participation in this study and its promotion raise ethical questions, especially given your awareness of the broader scientific consensus against aversive methods.

It is concerning that your involvement could mislead the public and dog guardians into believing shock collars are an appropriate and humane training tool.

The modern dog training community requests that you cease all public education efforts that promote pain, fear, and intimidation-based methods which are holding our industry back and which put the public at risk. Our understanding is that you have scheduled a workshop overseas, where based on your history you are likely to advocate for these outdated techniques. These methods contradict the ethical standards for dog welfare, especially in countries like the United Kingdom.

As a practitioner of dog training, we urge you to reconsider your approach and align your practices with scientifically supported, humane training methods, consistent with the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists and their international counterparts.

The modern dog training community stands ready to escalate public discourse and scrutiny if these unethical practices persist in the interest of public health and safety.

Zak George

We also acknowledge the involvement of Dr. Clive Wynne from Arizona State University as a co-author of this study. While Dr. Wynne’s academic standing is now under scrutiny due to his endorsement of research methods that caused 100% of the shock collar group dogs to yelp in pain, we remain focused on addressing the immediate welfare concerns this study raises.

The study in question: Johnson, A.C., & Wynne, C.D.L. (2024). “Comparison of the Efficacy and Welfare of Different Training Methods in Stopping Chasing Behavior in Dogs.” Animals, 14(18), 2632. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14182632

15/07/2024

Frozen Licking mat time! A great way to cool down your dog on a hot day. Here Tash is enjoying frozen (previously) boiled sweet potato, canned dog food, banana and doggy yogurt/ice cream. Stay tuned for more licking mat recipes!🐾❤️

11/07/2024

Why do dogs pull on leash?! It's really quite simple, it's because they walk faster than we do. They zig zag to follow all the amazing scents that their noses can smell. If on a short leash, they will pull. Give your dog the freedom they crave and use a long line(5 metres, longer if in the Campo- but not a flexi!!! ) This would make your walks more enjoyable for both you and your dog!

27/10/2023

16/09/2023

A good article explaining why leaving food out all day is not ideal. I personally feed my dogs in the morning and in the evening 🐾💕

https://www.whole-dog-journal.com/health/skip-free-feeding-dogs/?utm_content=buffer3da18&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer&fbclid=IwAR1KR2GZlXP7PKPPLdVtcOlF7dWuBTHYCiqM8VOBwg3b6m-QrVjwyWQaHMU

Feeding your adult dog two measured meals a day is usually best; free feeding food is probably the worst choice.

02/09/2023

Does your dog eat 💩?
https://www.barkandwhiskers.com/2017-01-18-nl-dog-eating-poop/?ui=3d08b0861a63d73a7a32b013be217d4096bd5a47fcc3cd63f3c0d509e084cf33&sd=20200809&cid_source=petsnl&cid_medium=email&cid_content=art3HL&cid=20230902Z1&foDate=false&fbclid=IwAR1YdqX2qLWliJqDmuZi0LxwBrrFD5dCi4UeyXLp5AA9BnhkYdK8wJZghZ8

They don't do it because they think it's yummy or to gross you out. But there are a number of reasons why they might do it. Address the root cause, of course. But what you really want to know is how to stop this bizarre behavior. And there's really only one answer for that.

23/08/2023

Do you talk to your dog like a baby (prosody)? Good!👍 They really like it and pay more attention when you do, it can be used as a form of reward when your dog is making good choices or just for bonding. Another example of how showing love is better than being a stern control freak when interacting with dogs🐾❤️ The study proposes the increased sensitivity to women is likely because women do this more often with their dogs.

https://phys.org/news/2023-08-dog-brains-tuned-dog-directed-speech.html?fbclid=IwAR0iAS1vIklKml8BQ_mkyRxkIKE3C7oZjAYh0Ao5gJ_jsDdG_Snq7QdaKHY

Dogs show greater brain sensitivity to the speech directed at them than to adult-directed speech, especially if spoken by women, according to a new study in Communications Biology.

04/07/2023

Be mindful of playing fetch,it is something to do only in moderation, see explanation below 👇🐾

14/06/2023

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